Thursday, August 21, 2014

Posted by
Michael Douglas Cooper

New York City Libraries Struggle to Meet Demand for English-Language Classes

"...They came, one after another, through the glass doors of the Bronx Library Center, the largest public library in the borough. Some rode multiple trains or buses from home; others took precious time away from work. A few struggled with young children in tow.It was not books they wanted, but something more basic: to learn English. ...(full article)"

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Posted by
Michael Douglas Cooper

Truck'n on the NYC Subways

This week I extensively traveled around Manhattan & the Bronx, enjoying the great mass transit system. Visiting multiple college and university libraries was something of a pleasant breeze, as I jumped on MTA cars, walked city blocks, and ran a little to be-on-time for appointments. What a joy to meet library colleagues and friends, now on behalf of Ambassador Education Solutions! Most everyone was quite positive about the transition, kindly celebrating the fact that I am doing well. Thankfully, new business is growing, and the feedback on Ambassador service is reassuringly fine. To get home, I took another excellent form of mass transportation, the good old Short Line bus, where I sunk into a slumber after some busy, beautiful days doing business in Metro New York.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Posted by
Michael Douglas Cooper

Pleasant SurpriseThis morning, early, I walked into a local academic library. There I was thrilled to see a shelf of beautiful books recently sent to this institution from Ambassador Education Solutions, my new place of employment. The library staff and I were happy to be reunited, together with our mutual friends, the books we all care so much about!Michael Douglas Cooper

Monday, July 14, 2014

Michael Cooper has joined Ambassador Education Solutions. Ambassador's Library Services enable you to benefit from leading-edge technology at all phases of book and media acquisition. Ambassador's integrations support electronic ordering, invoicing and reporting through most automated library acquisition systems, allow downloading of MARC cataloging records and maintain a massive database of bibliographic records that allows Ambassador to provide a wide range of cataloging services.

Ambassador's Library Services are utilized by schools, libraries and other educational institutions in more than 50 countries on five continents, connecting them to more than 3,000,000 book titles, over 100,000 eBooks, and 2,000,000 media titles. Ambassador helps boost library efficiency, reliability and convenience by supplying books and non‐print materials from more than 30,000 sources, including international publishers. Clients leverage Ambassador's proprietary portal OneSource, which enables institutions to effectively manage all library acquisition transactions.

All New Orders:

Please contact Ambassador Library Services, who will set you up with access to our systems.
• Please email busca@ambassadored.com or contact Connie Angello at (631) 770-1010 x1029

Friday, December 6, 2013

Busca, Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of The Guide to the American Revolutionary War collection. The six-volume set intends to provide comprehensive coverage of the confrontations of the American War of Independence and to serve as a guide to the sites. The most extensive list of engagements previously totalled 1,330. Norman Desmarais, professor emeritus and former acquisitions librarian at Providence College, has compiled more than 4,000, most of which do not get covered, even in the most detailed history books. The text identifies the location of the sites as best as can be determined, provides the historical background to understand what happened there, indicates what the visitor can expect to see and identifies any interpretive aids. It includes URLs for websites of various parks and tourist organizations. These URLs are correlated with various battle sites and events. The many photographs have descriptive captions to identify details of historic buildings, monuments, battlefields, and equipment. The glossary provides definitions of 18th-century military and historical terms. The books also contain a bibliography and an index.

The appendices (alphabetical and chronological lists of engagements) as well as a complete bibliography and color photos are available at the publisher’s website within each title's page at:http://www.buscainc.com/publishing/

Maps can be viewed as a Google or Yahoo cartographic or topographical map with cartographic, aerial, or hybrid views. Google Earth maps can be zoomed to a variety of detail levels. There is a composite map for all volumes, a composite map for each volume, and quadrant maps corresponding to those in the volumes. These quadrant maps show the corresponding page numbers in the books.

Moving the cursor over each marker on the map displays the abbreviation for the state and the location name. Clicking on the marker reveals the dates of the action(s) there in mmddyy format along with an abbreviation for the volume which covers them and the page numbers. There’s also an option to enter your address or zip code to get driving directions.

The collection includes:

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2009. $21.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2010. $22.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2011. $22.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2012. $29.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2012. $37.95

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the Frontier: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. Ithaca, NY: BUSCA, 2013. $29.95

Friday, November 22, 2013

Battlegrounds of Freedom: A Historical Guide to the Battlefields of the War of American Independence. 2005. This fascinating travelogue invites readers to re-enact each battle with maps and photos, well-written text, abundant notation of websites, and many other useful references. This work covers Maine to Georgia as well as western territories, listing all the major battles and many minor ones. 262 pages, 19 maps, 109 photos. Paperback. 0-9666196-7-6. $26.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2009. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in Canada and New England along geographical lines. 262 pages, 8 maps, 49 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-01-2. $21.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2010. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in New York along geographical lines. 284 pages, 4 maps, 37 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-02-9. $22.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2011. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey along geographical lines. 286 pages, 3 maps, 44 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-04-3. $22.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2011. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania and several South Atlantic states along geographical lines. 356 pages, 7 maps, 62 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-05-0. $29.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2013. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina along geographical lines. 404 pages, 4 maps, 48 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-06-7. $37.95.

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the Frontier: Battles, Raids, and Skirmishes. 2013. Follow along as the author retraces every encounter of the Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the frontier along geographical lines. 342 pages, 9 maps, 45 photos. Paperback. 978-1-934934-07-4. 29.95.